ants on apple tree ????????????????

i noticed this morning that the apple tree growing in a large pot in my garden, is covered in hundrens of ants. when looking closer there is millions of what look like little green eggs, r this ant eggs ? or r the ants eating the eggs ? can anyone help me please

Answers

You've got an aphid infestation - ants will manage them like we do cattle because they want the honeydew they excrete. Spray with a pesticide for the aphids, don't use a systemic one as its a fruit plant, and keep treating it. Or washing up liquid in water, though I've no idea of the ratios.

Yes of course they will - they're hungry! Some plants are more prone than others, though, and it's usually blackfly rather than greenfly that infest food plants, though you can get both. Try growing English marigolds next year - blackfly love those and will choose them above your tomatoes!
By the way, browning leaves, especially if it starts at the edges and works in, and is crispy, could very well mean drought - watering not good enough.